Earl Livings is an award-winning poet and fiction writer who has been widely published in Australia and also Britain, Canada, the USA, and Germany. He has read his work around Melbourne and overseas and appeared on panels at various Australian SF conventions and festivals. Earl has a PhD in Creative Writing, taught professional writing and editing for almost 20 years, and has worked as a freelance editor, a manuscript assessor, and a mentor. His writing focuses on science, history, nature, mythology and the sacred. Ginninderra Press published his latest poetry collection, Libation, in late 2018, and he is currently working on a historical fantasy novel set in dark ages Britain. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and their ever-growing stacks of books.